Instructor with student pilot lands gear up.

Attributes
ACN	180603
Time
Date	199106
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 57m
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 495 flight time type : 38
ASRS Report	180603
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was flying with a commercial student, and we were practicing emergency engine-out procedures over fayette county airport area. I pulled the power to idle and my student decided to use the airport as the field. We were on short final and we had the gear up. I was waiting for my student to realize he did not have the gear down. So when I told him to go around, at approximately 30' over the runway, there were a few seconds of confusion, and when he pushed the throttle in, all of a sudden rather than smoothly, the engine did not respond as quickly as it should have. We lost some altitude, that made us touch the runway and the propeller bent inward. So we landed on the belly and then I pulled out the mixture and cut the fuel and electrical systems. The only damage was in the propeller. Neither my student nor I were injured. I called and notified the school and some mechanics came. We lifted the plane, put the gear down and moved the airplane off to the ramp. The mechanics replaced the propeller and ran up the engine. There should not have been such a delay in the go-around instruction. The power should have been applied smoothly, not the way my student did it, to avoid any possible choke. These would have avoided the incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR WITH STUDENT PLT LANDS GEAR UP.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING WITH A COMMERCIAL STUDENT, AND WE WERE PRACTICING EMER ENG-OUT PROCS OVER FAYETTE COUNTY ARPT AREA. I PULLED THE PWR TO IDLE AND MY STUDENT DECIDED TO USE THE ARPT AS THE FIELD. WE WERE ON SHORT FINAL AND WE HAD THE GEAR UP. I WAS WAITING FOR MY STUDENT TO REALIZE HE DID NOT HAVE THE GEAR DOWN. SO WHEN I TOLD HIM TO GO AROUND, AT APPROX 30' OVER THE RWY, THERE WERE A FEW SECS OF CONFUSION, AND WHEN HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN, ALL OF A SUDDEN RATHER THAN SMOOTHLY, THE ENG DID NOT RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS IT SHOULD HAVE. WE LOST SOME ALT, THAT MADE US TOUCH THE RWY AND THE PROP BENT INWARD. SO WE LANDED ON THE BELLY AND THEN I PULLED OUT THE MIXTURE AND CUT THE FUEL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS IN THE PROP. NEITHER MY STUDENT NOR I WERE INJURED. I CALLED AND NOTIFIED THE SCHOOL AND SOME MECHS CAME. WE LIFTED THE PLANE, PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND MOVED THE AIRPLANE OFF TO THE RAMP. THE MECHS REPLACED THE PROP AND RAN UP THE ENG. THERE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH A DELAY IN THE GO-AROUND INSTRUCTION. THE PWR SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED SMOOTHLY, NOT THE WAY MY STUDENT DID IT, TO AVOID ANY POSSIBLE CHOKE. THESE WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.